What did Joy think of your new purchase?

And how long did it take you to solve Myst?

There is a clue as to what Joy thought here. Maybe I’ll say more later. Would you believe I still haven’t solved it?

But that post talks about Christine, not Joy. Maybe I missed something…

You did. It’s in there. But I’m tricky.

Ah… The only thoughts expressed in that entry are from family, so Joy must be related to you. Cousin?

You’ve only ever referenced me as “Chris”… how did “Rose” know my name?

Your full name is mentioned once in the post I referenced.

i know that puzzle, that is the rocket type thing right? the one where it keeps bleeping and making wieird noises, and you have to navigate this huge maze? yea, that puzzle took me about a week to solve. eventually, i just said, “forget this stupid puzzle.” and looked at the answer. and it turned out i was just one click away from answering it myself. how’s that for irony? but i know how you feel/felt about it. that was like the worst puzzle of Myst.

That rocket puzzle was one of my most favorite puzzles of all

I ended up fumbling my way through the underground puzzle, actually. I have no idea how I actually found my way — no logic. Later on, going through Myst again I ended up using a walk through for the sequence. Go me.

I took the time to map that one out. Try a direction; add to the map; go back and try another; rinse and repeat. It sounds tedious, but actually I found it quite…uh, okay, it was really tedious. :S

I would have but I probably had a party to get to. There were a lot of parties when I was 14.